Proceedings of the 2025 8th International Conference on Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture (ICTTCA 2025)

Response Mechanism of Offshore Wind Turbine Single-Cell Foundation Under Long-Term wind and Wave Action

Authors
Xiaofang Jia1, Bo Wang1, Chengshun Xu1, *, Shuo Li1, Kaiyuan Liu2
1Key Laboratory of Urban and Engineering Safety and Disaster Reduction, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
2China Three Gorges Corporation Research Institute of Science and Technology, Beijing, 100000, China
*Corresponding author. Email: xcs_2017@163.com
Corresponding Author
Chengshun Xu
Available Online 28 July 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-793-9_11How to use a DOI?
Keywords
combined wind and wave forces; numerical simulation; long-term cyclic loading; single-pile foundation; dynamic behavior
Abstract

The single-cylinder foundation for offshore wind power has significant application potential in China’s wind power industry, particularly for deep-water regions, due to its ease of installation and excellent resistance to overturning. This paper investigates the response characteristics of the soil surrounding the barrel foundation subjected to combined wind and wave loading through numerical simulations. Results show that soil settlement gradually decreases with increasing horizontal distance from the foundation and also declines with increasing vertical depth, rapidly attenuating beyond a specific distance from the cylinder. The pore pressure distribution is positively correlated with the burial depth of the cylinder and increases significantly under cyclic loading. Horizontally, pore pressure decreases with increasing lateral distance from the cylinder, forming an elliptical high-pressure zone at the cylinder base, which reduces the shear strength of the surrounding soil. The soil around the suction cylinder foundation primarily undergoes asymmetric plastic deformation, leading to tilt-rotation shear damage, while the foundation itself remains undamaged.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 8th International Conference on Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture (ICTTCA 2025)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Engineering
Publication Date
28 July 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-793-9
ISSN
2589-4943
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-793-9_11How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2025 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaofang Jia
AU  - Bo Wang
AU  - Chengshun Xu
AU  - Shuo Li
AU  - Kaiyuan Liu
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/07/28
TI  - Response Mechanism of Offshore Wind Turbine Single-Cell Foundation Under Long-Term wind and Wave Action
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 8th International Conference on Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture (ICTTCA 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 103
EP  - 122
SN  - 2589-4943
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-793-9_11
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